Vernal Quickening

[l'Mina Feuerwald]

Have an idea, would love some input on it, expansions, modifications, et al.

As it's currently Spring (per that little box on the left), I'm seeing a festival of sorts, with a very earthy 'welcoming Spring/encouraging Spring/shaking off Winter feel, with undertones of growth, fertility, and the like. Sort of like a version of Beltane, but with a wild fey edge to it.

Also, more likely to be attended by the 'rustics' - Wingless, or less prominently Winged Fae - not because it excludes the upper class, but more because the upper class make a point of rarely mingling with the hoi polloi of Faerydom.

Alternately, this could be an exception to that rule, where those who would otherwise not socialize with one another are permitted to do so without fearing the social snubs of their rivals and betters.

If we go with that alternative, then the question becomes does the pass on social snub extend to people of different elements ... associating ... with one another, or would that still be considered taboo/risque/'not polite society'?

Naturally, at a gathering of this nature, no matter its original intent, there would be all sorts of gossiping, probable deal-making, minor settlements (the sorts of things that wouldn't require Inner Court sanction), and the potential for any number of interesting developments....

[Silvar]

I would like discussion of this to continue, probably here, outside of the chatbox as it was before.

I believe the general idea we came up with in the cbox though was that this event would be hosted by the neutral, held realistically in the Wind Kingdom. The thought was that it would be a massive sort of gathering, and one of high tensioned and fragile temporary truce between the opposing councils (probably an almost transparently fake thing among the inner courts).

I believe it was also suggested that there be a general ban on magic/power use for the duration of the festivities, for obvious reasons, though whether or not that would be followed is highly questionable, especially among the less honorable Fey.

It would be an excellent source of plot development if the inner courts were to attend, a chance for espionage, and a good way to lay down a basic relationship foundation between the courts (who knew who in the war, what kind of tensions are there exactly there).

The length of time that something this large scale would take to fully play out makes me want to prod discussion and planning back into existence, though, because spring is only so long.

The real question in the end, though, is whether this is even reasonable, but I think that a charade of truce is a pretty fun concept to play with.

[l'Mina Feuerwald]

It's as reasonable as people are willing to make it be. We could effectively start it up, lay out the initial table, so to speak, and see how it goes. If people hit the ground running with it, excellent. If not, we tweak. If tweaking doesn't produce results, we can let it go. But at the least, let's give it a shot.

[Eleri Danu'Fada]

This sounds like a really fun idea. I would love to get involved any way I can really. I think it would be fun to have something that would force both sides together under neutral terms of engagement.

[Jck'Lnn Mrk'ss]

And here yesterday, I thought that I had a great idea in there being a festival/ball of sorts in the Wind Kingdom--and somebody has already had it! ;)I think that it's a great idea.

As Silvar mentioned, the Wind Kingdom would be the realistic choice. In it, the Bone Mountains would probably be the best place, as the weather seems bad elsewhere in the kingdom. High winds, thunderstorms, sandstorms.

Perhaps, to promote/help the idea of nuetrality/non-fighting, the participants should wear masks? That way, it is a bit harder to tell one's ancestry, Fey from different areas may be able to coexist more easily.

[Kesshou N'harun]

If there were a grand ball, though, wouldn't it be held in the capitol?

I like the idea of masks, and had actually been thinking of that myself! It's good to see someone else thinks similarly~ Clothing, however, would probably give most of them away as being associated with one court or another simply due to variances in culture, but that's not to say that masks wouldn't be fun!

In regards to actual setup of the event:

Would we have it all in one massive thread? That would be awfully hectic, I think. Perhaps we should make a subboard for it in the Wind Kingdom, and have a few open place threads that people can mingle in, allowing them also to come up with their own places and, if they want, private threads (for nifty plot development!).

[Jck'Lnn Mrk'ss]

That was something that I thought of and forgot to put down. Similar to a little kid playing hide and seek, thinking that the seeker can't see them if they hid their face. Some characters might sneakily dress in clothing from another culture and pass as a different Fey...

A subboard in the Wind Kingdom is a good idea. Can non-mods make private threads? If not, anyone that wanted a private thread would need to go through a mod. That is, if they don't want the casual passerby that likes to read threads just to know what's going on (not I, of course ) to read it. I like the idea of a plot between two or three people that no one else knows of.

Right, back to the subject at hand, a subboard with open and private threads is a good idea. The description of Cielran Castle mentions strong winds, which is why I suggested the Bone Mountains. A grand festival/ball/masquerade at the capitol would definitely be ideal, I think.

[Ashton Fawkes]

Open and closed, actually, not private. Nothing that would be invisible or anything, because that might as well be done through PMs. It's likely that any given country will plant spies throughout the celebration, though... I can see some protesting the masquerade element, though, partially for that reason. Not to say it would be a bad idea, still.

[Svv Mrk'ss]

I think we should plan for it. In my head, Spring lasts only two or three months in real time, so making one soon would be ideal. The mods and I, I think, will plan for it. I like the idea of a stand-in npc wind court in there, just so we can pretend we have one while we get things rolling.

[l'Mina Feuerwald]

Whilst I personally prefer forests, I can cede to the mountains in wind territory as making the most political sense.

[Jck'Lnn Mrk'ss]

There are trees on the mountains? And Wind has no forests. It's all valleys, hills, plains and mountains.

[l'Mina Feuerwald]

Yes, I know wind has no forests. That was my point actually - while I'd prefer to run the event in woodsy terrain, for expediance and political reasons, running it in the wind territory, which is mountainous and such, makes more sense.